DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Blaney parked his car against the high-banked outside wall at Daytona International Speedway and floored it, spinning his rear tires and sending plumes of smoke into the grandstands as fireworks lit up the sky.

SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 48th and 49th home runs Sunday against the Athletics, setting a single-season record for catchers and passing Salvador Perez’s total with the Kansas City Royals in 2021.

ATLANTA — Tommy Fleetwood of England ended a summer of heartache with the richest prize on the PGA Tour. He won the Tour Championship on Sunday for his first tour title to capture the FedEx Cup and its $10 million reward.

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SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, warned us for two years.

MIAMI — Five of the contractors Florida has employed to build and operate Alligator Alcatraz ⁠— the controversial immigration detention site in the Everglades ⁠— have links to allegations of improper business practices and misuse of public funds, a Miami Herald review of legal records found.

Taylor Andrisko is the new baseball coach at Belle Vernon.

TAMPA, Fla. — Shilo Sanders was waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, less than 24 hours after he was ejected from a preseason game for throwing a punch, according to multiple reports Sunday.

Carson Wentz is back in the NFL, and Sam Howell is on the move again.

Wildfires in California wine country and Central Oregon grew overnight, prompting hundreds of evacuations as firefighters worked Sunday to try to contain the blazes amid dry, hot weather.

CAIRO — Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen ‘s capital on Sunday, days after the Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military described as the first cluster bomb the rebels had launched at it since 2023.

NEW YORK — A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Sunday.

Ten days into training camp, Skylar Thompson was the clear No. 4 option at quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and a near lock to be placed on waivers when final roster moves are made this week.

LOS ANGELES — Netflix appears to have its first No. 1 box-office title in the streaming company’s 18-year history thanks to the sensation of “KPop Demon Hunters.”

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian aid-seekers traveling Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City that is regularly used to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said.

Paul Skenes took a slow stroll off the mound to a standing ovation, leaving a line of zeroes on the scoreboard after seven scoreless innings.

When he entered the starting lineup early during his rookie season, Joey Porter Jr. most often was on the field with fellow cornerbacks Patrick Peterson and Levi Wallace.

Ben Cherington has long maintained that the Pittsburgh Pirates would prefer if their prospects forced promotions with their performance rather through public pressure.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has remained mum on whether its cheerleading squad will be allowed to perform along the sidelines for the Crimson Hawks this football season.

Cory Scharbo was a 135-pound wrestler at Thomas Jefferson around the time of the new millennium.

After spending the past couple of years in the wilderness due to field renovations, the Chartiers Valley boys and girls soccer teams are glad they can finally play and practice on their home turf.

Gateway boys golf coach Paul Doonan understands where his team stands compared to some others in Section 5-3A and beyond.

Erica Bosh likes the way her Gateway girls volleyball team has come together.

Penn Hills junior Freddy Takou feels a different vibe during preseason practices than he did a year ago.

Kaleah Young started running on the Future Stars Athletic summer track team when she was 6. Now 10, the Penn Hills resident was always interested in going fast.